Afon Cegin, Bangor

Name: Afon Cegin
Address: Bangor, United Kingdom

#9 among attractions in Bangor

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Facts and practical information

The Afon Cegin is a small river draining parts of North Wales and discharging to the Menai Strait at Porth Penrhyn. Its name means Kitchen River in English. ()

Coordinates: 53°13'52"N, 4°6'39"W

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Bangor United Kingdom

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Afon Cegin – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Penrhyn Castle, Bangor Cathedral, St Deiniol Golf Club, Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum.

0.8 miSE
Forts and castles, Specialty museum, Museum
Penrhyn Castle, Bangor
20 min walk • Penrhyn Castle is a country house in Llandygai, Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales, in the form of a Norman castle. It was originally a medieval fortified manor house, founded by Ednyfed Fychan.
0.8 miSW
Sacred and religious sites, Church, Gothic architecture
Bangor Cathedral, Bangor
20 min walk • Bangor Cathedral is a cathedral in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. It is dedicated to its founder, Saint Deiniol. The site of the present building of Bangor Cathedral has been in use as a place of Christian worship since the 6th century.
~1640 ftSW
53°13'42"N • 4°7'1"W
St Deiniol Golf Club, Bangor
8 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
0.7 miSE
Museum
Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum
20 min walk • The Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum is a museum of industrial railway equipment, located at Penrhyn Castle near Bangor in Wales. In the nineteenth century, Penrhyn Castle was the home of the Pennant family, owners of the Penrhyn slate quarry at Bethesda.
0.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bangor Mountain, Bangor
17 min walk • Bangor Mountain is a scarp face of a hill below which the city of Bangor in Gwynedd, Wales, sits. Though not a mountain in the true sense of the word it is so-called because of the way it rears up behind Bangor and appears mountainous, especially from the Glan Adda, High Street and Hirael areas of the city.
0.8 miW
Universities and schools
Bangor University, Bangor
22 min walk • Bangor University is a public university in Bangor, Wales. It received its Royal Charter in 1885 and was one of the founding institutions of the federal University of Wales.
~1310 ftN
Hiking, Hiking trail
Lôn Las Ogwen, Bangor
7 min walk • Lôn Las Ogwen is a 17.7 km cycle route in the National Cycle Network which runs south from the NCN 5 at Porth Penrhyn on the north coast of Wales to Llyn Ogwen in Snowdonia. Lôn Las is Welsh for "Green Lane".
~1310 ftN
Harbor
Port Penrhyn, Bangor
7 min walk • Port Penrhyn is a harbour located just east of Bangor in north Wales at the confluence of the River Cegin with the Menai Strait.
0.6 miNW
53°14'8"N • 4°7'21"W
Garth Community Centre, Bangor
15 min walk • Piers and boardwalks, Neighbourhood
0.7 miNW
Piers and boardwalks
Garth Pier, Bangor
20 min walk • Garth Pier is a Grade II listed structure in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. At 1,500 feet in length, it is the second-longest pier in Wales, and the ninth longest in the British Isles.
0.5 miS
Neighbourhood
Maesgeirchen, Bangor
13 min walk • Maesgeirchen is a large housing estate on the edge of the city of Bangor in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, with roughly 4,000 inhabitants.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Afon Cegin?

Nearby attractions include Port Penrhyn, Bangor (7 min walk), Maesgeirchen, Bangor (13 min walk), Garth Community Centre, Bangor (15 min walk), Bangor Mountain, Bangor (17 min walk).

How to get to Afon Cegin by public transport?

The nearest stations to Afon Cegin:

Bus

Bangor bus station (17 min walk)
Bangor Bus Station • Lines: 79 (17 min walk)

Train

Bangor (30 min walk)